d) Thank god too for sparklers, which also burn below the fog line, and sometimes into my fingers.

e) We had fireworks displays?

Despite some lovely photos proving people did, indeed, send fireworks shooting over the bay, I felt more of a kinship with the small, growing meme on Reddit, where San Franciscans reported in from various neighborhoods with photos of their 4th of July "views." The above shot was titled "Coit Tower reporting in for Independence Day."